Security: Video

The calculation of the storage capacity is done in different way in Configuration Client and VRM Monitor. Check this article and find useful details!

This article explains how to enable or disable audio recording for specific camera in BVMS, on action of BVMS Operator Client user.   Follow the step-by-step guide from this article.

In case you have noticed a gap between the left and right of the lens installation, this might cause improperly focus for the camera's image. Therefore, please proceed as explained in this article.

Did you forget the password of your Bosch VIDEO Systems Security device? To find out the way of handling password reset requests by the Central Technical Support team, follow the below steps:   Contact Central Technical Support team via email (centralsupport.bt@bosch.com) or phone and provide your contact details Central Technical Support team must identify your company account in the database. If no company account was found in the database, then you will be asked if the product was bought directly from Bosch or through a distributor. In the meantime, a ticket will be opened for your request. If the product was bought through a distributor, you will have to contact your distributor. If the product was bought directly from Bosch, your contact details and the account will be verified internally by the sales team for authentication. the Central Technical Support team will not continue the process until receives the confirmation about your account authentication. It can take a while. if the authentication fails, then you have to contact your distributor. if the authentication is successful, the password reset process continues with the following steps: 4       The Central Technical Support team will request the following details: software/hardware product(s) the number of products, the installed firmware or software version serial number MAC address IP address 5       The Central Technical Support team will send you via email the prefilled Authorization Letter template  6      You have to fill in with all the information requested in the Authorization Letter, sign and stamp it and send it back to Central Technical Support.  7       If the data in the Authorization Letter is correct, then the execution of the Password reset can be made.  8      Depending on your product the password reset procedures will vary/differ. Please check the below links. Analog / Hybrid / Network DIVAR IP Cameras, HW & SW Decoders, Encoders IP Recorders Management Systems     9   Once the password reset is done, the ticket will be closed.  Nice to know: The response time for any password reset topic is 24h. If you request password reset for more than 4 cameras, this service could be chargeable. For e.g., if the request is for >=4 cameras/ DVRs, then you will receive the quote and the invoice. The same will happen for other combinations of SW and products, when password reset is requested for them.                 If this is a chargeable service, local sales will be involved and they will prepare and send a quote based on the local sales process ⚠️ Note If under certain circumstances it is found that a password reset request has been divided into different requests with a smaller quantity of products/SW, for the same site and in less than a month, then the password reset process will be declined and will not continue or will be invoiced.   More information about the Central Technical Support team and other Bosch Video policies, can be found here: Bosch VIDEO Security Systems request and Central Technical Support Team.

During the authentication process with Bosch cameras to a RADIUS server, the event “5400 Authentication failed” occurs. Find out from this article what you can do in this case.

Please note that this recommendation might help, but cannot guarantee the high quality of the image. It depends on the camera FoV and the environment where the camera is installed.

Welcome to the 3.5 release of Video Security for Windows, Android and iOS. There are new features in this release, some of the highlights are explained within this article.

Please configure the same time zone on the PC, download the Remote Portal activation file again and then you will be able to load it into Config Client and license the system.

This article contains the information about the default path where  the recordings of Bosch Video Client are set.

BVMS OPC server restricts the use of some symbols in the camera names

Mercury vapor lights are banned in many countries. There are a variety of phosphor coatings used by different lighting brands resulting in different color temperatures.

The Bosch camera can make up to two (2) recorded tours. A recorded tour saves all manual camera movements made during the recording, including its rate of pan, tilt and zoom speeds, and other lens setting changes.

When looking at the MQTT explorer, the naming of the counters is always as in the first camera, so always "Counter-1-1" and "Counter-1-2".

You should only subscribe directly to this article (Option 1) or to the software_release_notification label (Option 2) and you will receive a notification in your inbox every time when a new Software version is released and added to the lists within this article.

Starting with BVMS v10.0, you can leverage VRM Encryption Technology.

The BVMS Logbook database can be moved to another SQL Server. This article describes the steps that are necessary to migrate the database and describes how to confirm if the migration was successful.   BVMS is using Microsoft SQL Server Express to store its logbook. Based on the information provided by Microsoft (Compare SQL Server 2017 editions), SQL Server Express is limited to a 10GB database size. This could be insufficient for larger installations or installations that require a very long logbook retention time. Additionally, some organizations have a dedicated SQL server environment which should be utilized by all applications. The BVMS Logbook database can be moved to another SQL Server. This guide describes the steps that are necessary to migrate the database and describes how to confirm if the migration was successful.

Glutton (German: Vielfraß) defines and prevents a camera or multi-channel encoder from mounting and consuming  a large number of  blocks in a very short time.

During the troubleshooting process, the Central Technical Support team often needs to run several different loggers to gain a more complete understanding of the problem.  You can use custom console traces to regroup and run different loggers that are not combined in the default Server Admin list. To create and run custom console traces for Security Center, follow the steps from this article.

If replacing a defective camera, the camera must be the same IP address as the defective device, and it cannot contain a GUID from a different VRM.

The configured camera TCP port is used from the BVMS Operator Client to the camera. This port is used by the BVMS Operator Client as a destination port. The source port is dynamic and therefore, it cannot be adjusted.